Arts & Entertainment
Currently, Venus in Fur, the new play by David Ives, is appearing on Broadway. The show gained stellar reviews last year when it opened off Broadway and the performance of ingenue actress Nina Arianda has mesmerized critics. This week’s New Yorker has a feature on her.
By HOLLY NADLER
In a word, atmospherics. Theater director Donna Swift knew she had to hold her junior high school players’ attention, and keep it held. But how?
Scour the old books and find the most Gothic fairy tale possible and bring it to life.
Dr. Jon A. Ruel, DMD, MscD, a nationally renowned prosthodontist with more than 35 years of experience, has joined Island Dentistry. His specialty deals with comprehensive care, including replacing missing teeth with implants, crowns, bridges and dentures.
West Tisbury To Hold
Focus Groups on Design
The West Tisbury Public Library will host a series of targeted focus groups in November, part of its ongoing effort to gather community comment on the proposed renovation and expansion of its facility.
Author Chip Bishop’s great-great-uncle, Joseph Bucklin Bishop, was a newspaper editor during the time of Theodore Roosevelt. One of the stories he covered was the construction of the Panama Canal, the transoceanic canal that today seems a foregone conclusion but at the time was considered by many to be a fool’s errand.
Healing Prayer
The Martha’s Vineyard Chapter of the Order of St. Luke the Physician will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m. in the Anderson room of Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven. Speakers for this month’s program are Cary and Lillian Wong. The couple has been learning, experiencing and practicing healing prayer for several years in both local and crosscultural contexts.
